If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his read more

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to.

I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
North points to read more

I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
North points to the needle!

Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
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Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
To hang a doubt on--or woe upon thy life!

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships read more

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not read more

Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not for pleasure when I play not.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt read more

But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt is brother devil to Despair!